national
['næʃ.ən.əl] ['næʃ.nəl] adjective
ESSENTIAL
■relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to other countries 国家的，国民的•a national holiday全国性假日 •Britain has more than ten national newspapers.英国有十多种全国性报纸。 •The company's national headquarters is in Rome.这家公司国内的总部设在罗马。 •The children were wearing traditional national costume/dress.孩子们身穿传统的民族服装。 •The government's view is that raising taxes now would not be in the national interest (= would not be good for the country).政府认为，现在增税对国家不利。
['næʃ.ən.əl] ['næʃ.nəl] noun countable usually plural
■someone who officially belongs to a particular country （某国的）国民，公民•Thirty people, including six UK nationals, were killed in yesterday's plane crash.在昨天的空难中，有30人丧生，包括6名英国公民。 •All foreign nationals were advised to leave the country following the outbreak of civil war.内战爆发后，所有外国公民都被建议离开该国。 |